diff -up mc-4.7.3/lib/search/glob.c.dirname mc-4.7.3/lib/search/glob.c
--- mc-4.7.3/lib/search/glob.c.dirname	2010-07-05 20:32:41.000000000 +0200
+++ mc-4.7.3/lib/search/glob.c	2010-09-02 17:21:07.174555656 +0200
@@ -118,14 +118,25 @@ mc_search__translate_replace_glob_to_reg
 {
     GString *buff = g_string_new ("");
     int cnt = '0';
-
+    gboolean escaped_mode = FALSE;
     while (*str) {
 	char c = *str++;
 	switch (c) {
+	case '\\':
+	    if (!escaped_mode)
+	    {
+	        escaped_mode = TRUE;
+	    }
+	    g_string_append_c (buff, c);
+	    continue;
 	case '*':
 	case '?':
+	    if (!escaped_mode)
+	    {
 	    g_string_append_c (buff, '\\');
 	    c = ++cnt;
+	    continue;
+	    }
 	    break;
 	/* breaks copying: mc uses "\0" internally, it must not be changed */
 	/*case '\\':*/
@@ -134,6 +145,7 @@ mc_search__translate_replace_glob_to_reg
 	    break;
 	}
 	g_string_append_c (buff, c);
+	escaped_mode = FALSE;
     }
     return buff;
 }
@@ -170,7 +182,6 @@ mc_search__run_glob (mc_search_t * lc_mc
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-
 GString *
 mc_search_glob_prepare_replace_str (mc_search_t * lc_mc_search, GString * replace_str)
 {
diff -up mc-4.7.3/lib/search/regex.c.dirname mc-4.7.3/lib/search/regex.c
--- mc-4.7.3/lib/search/regex.c.dirname	2010-07-05 20:32:41.000000000 +0200
+++ mc-4.7.3/lib/search/regex.c	2010-09-02 17:19:26.836553568 +0200
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ mc_search_regex__get_max_num_of_replace_
     gsize loop;
     for (loop = 0; loop < len - 1; loop++)
     {
-        if (str[loop] == '\\' && (str[loop + 1] & (char) 0xf0) == 0x30 /* 0-9 */ )
+        if (str[loop] == '\\' && g_ascii_isdigit(str[loop + 1]) )
         {
             if (strutils_is_char_escaped (str, &str[loop]))
                 continue;
@@ -421,9 +421,9 @@ mc_search_regex__process_replace_str (co
             return -1;
         }
 
-        if ((*(curr_str + 1) & (char) 0xf0) == 0x30)
+        if ( g_ascii_isdigit(*(curr_str + 1)))
         {
-            ret = *(curr_str + 1) - '0';
+            ret = g_ascii_digit_value (*(curr_str + 1));
             *skip_len = 2;      /* \\ and one digit */
             return ret;
         }
diff -up mc-4.7.3/lib/strutil/strescape.c.dirname mc-4.7.3/lib/strutil/strescape.c
--- mc-4.7.3/lib/strutil/strescape.c.dirname	2010-07-05 20:32:41.000000000 +0200
+++ mc-4.7.3/lib/strutil/strescape.c	2010-09-02 17:19:26.835554197 +0200
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 static const char ESCAPE_SHELL_CHARS[] = " !#$%()&{}[]`?|<>;*\\\"'";
 static const char ESCAPE_REGEX_CHARS[] = "^!#$%()&{}[]`?|<>;*.\\";
-static const char ESCAPE_GLOB_CHARS[]  = "$*\\";
+static const char ESCAPE_GLOB_CHARS[]  = "$*\\?";
 
 /*** file scope functions ************************************************************************/